Æ A federal appeals court has rejected the government’s argument that marking-up the price that borrowers pay for items such as credit reports violates the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. “The plain language of [RESPA’s anti-kickbacks provision] makes clear that it does not apply to every overcharge for a real-estate settlement service and [it] is not a broad price-control provision,” the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its May 22nd decision